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What does Doughty Hanson invest in?
Doughty Hanson invests most often at Series B and Venture (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as B2B, Finance and Information Technology.
Doughty Hanson highlights
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28 rounds on record
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Mostly Series B and Venture: 57% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $3.7M
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6 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- Private equity (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- B2BFinanceInformation Technology
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first28 appearances
- 2012
4 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Feb
- Feb
- 2011
1 round
- Mar
- 2010
3 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- Mar
- 2009
6 rounds
- Aug
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Feb
- Jan
- 2008
3 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- Jun
- 2007
5 rounds
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- Feb
- Jan
- 2006
4 rounds
- Dec
- Sept
- Apr
- Feb
- 2005
2 rounds
- Jun
- May
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration5 named
GCGraeme Charles SteningExecutive Officer of the Manager.iFiling they signed
NENigel Edward DoughtyDirector of the Manager.iFiling they signed
RPRichard Peter HansonDirector of the Manager.iFiling they signed
RPRichard Peter LundDirector of the Manager.iFiling they signed
SCStephen Charles MarquardtDirector of the Manager.iFiling they signed
We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Who backs their funds
2 LPs on record in Doughty Hanson's funds
- Committed
- $417M
- Funds
- 3
- Vintages
- 1995 to 1997
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Mar 2026.
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund2 funds$300MFund Vintage Committed Doughty Hanson & Co III 1997 $250M Doughty Hanson & Co II 1995 $50M 
Washington State Investment Board2 funds$117MFund Vintage Committed Doughty Hanson & Co III 1997 $100M Doughty Hanson & Co Fund II 1996 $17M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed6 in all
RainStorBought by TeradataUndisclosedDec 2014
nScaledBought by AcronisUndisclosedSept 2014
Orchestria CorporationBought by CA TechnologiesUndisclosedJan 2009
Azure SolutionsBought by Subex Limited$140MApr 2006
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
Companies it bought
Acquisitions by the firm itself
Tumi HoldingsUndisclosedOct 2004